Adjustable pedal-pad.



H. W.-GASTON.

ADJUSTABLE PEDAL PAD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I2, 1913. RENEWED AUG. 2I, I9I5.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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RIVES ADJUSTABLE PEDAL PAD 66., INC.-, A CGRPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE PEDAL-Pei).

Application filed September 12, 1913, Serial No. 789,520.-

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY VJ. GASTON, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inAdjustable Pedal-Pads, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact specification.

This invention relates to a class of devices adapted to be used inconjunction with automobiles.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide an adjustable paddesigned to be applied upon the head of the foot pedal of thebrake-lever or clutch-lever of an automobile, or like vehicle forpreventing the foot of the chauffeur from slipping whereby the brake, orclutch may be under absolute control at all times, and wherein'a pad ofrubber, or other resilient material is employed in a manner to adapt itto be used upon pedals of various dimensions, thereby overcoming therequirement for producing pads of special sizes for practically everymake of automobile as is incident with the forms of this class ofdevices ordinarily in use, and especially the forms of pedal padsrequiring the use of bolts, or the like to fasten them to thebrake-lever, or clutchlever, and which necessitates puncturing thepedals in a manner tending to weaken the pedal.

Another object of the invention is to provide a plurality of yieldingclips for detachably clamping the resilient pad to the pedal head, andwhich serve to permit the pad to be readily applied upon pedals ofdifferent thicknesses.

A further object of the invention is to provide means serving toadjustably lock each pair of the clips so as to be held to the pedalagainst accidental displacement as well as serving to permit the pad tobe used upon pedals of various widths.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate cor responding parts in all theviews, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter andthen pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view of the pedal of abrake-lever or clutch-lever of an automobile, showing a Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 191.5. Renewed August '21, 1915; serial No. 46,671;

and the pad. Fig. 3 is an inverted view of the resilient pad used in thedevice. Fig.

is an inverted view, partly in section, showing the pad detachablyfastened to the pedal of a brake-lever, or clutchlever. Fig. 5 is asection taken on the line IH-HI of Fig. Fig. 5 is a section taken on theline H-H of Fig. 1, and 7 is a perspective view of two of the yieldingclips used in conjunction with the device.

The device has a pad 10 adapted to be applied upon the pedal, as 11, ofthe usual, or any preferred form of brake-lever as Well as theclutch-lever of an automobile, or like vehicle. The pad 10 may be madeof rubber, or other resilient material, and said pad is preferablyformed in a substantially rectangular shape, though said pad may be madein other suitable forms as occasion requires to be effectually employedfor preventing the foot of the chauffeur of the vehicle from slippingthereon whereby the brake, or clutch mechanism may be under absolutecontrol at all times. Transversely through the pad 10 are deepindentations or passages 12 and 13 whicha're preferably disposed inparallel arrangement, and parts of the underside of said pad arecut-out, or notched, at 14, 15, 16, 17, and each of these notches is incommunication with one of the ends of each of the passages.Longitudinally of the underside of the pad 10 and adjacent to themarginal edges of the notches 14 and 16 is a metal strip 18 which issunken into the pad, and also longitudinally of the underside of saidpad and adjacent to the marginal edges of the notches 15 and 17 is asecond metal strip 19.

The strips 18 and 19 serve to provide retaining parts for the pad forengagement therewith of yielding clips, as 20, 21, 22, 23 which servefor detachably holding the pad upon the pedal against accidentaldisplacement. All of the clips 20, 21, 22, 23 are similarly formed, andsaid clips are preferably made of spring metal. Each clip has asubstantially U-shaped, or hook-shaped head 24:, the free end portion ofone of the arms of which is bent inwardly in a direction toward thesecond arm thereof, and disposed outwardly at an angle from the free endof the second arm of the head of each clip is a lug, or arm 25 having athreaded opening therethrough. In practice the pad 10 is applied uponthe top surface of the pedal, and the ends of the bent arms of the headsof the clips are inserted in the passages of the pad 10 so as to passover the strips 18 and 19. The second arms of the heads of each of theclips are then sprung over the edges of the pedal of the brake-lever, orclutchlever in a manner so that the second arms will engage theunderside of the pedal, and the strips 18 and 19 of the pad will therebybe disposed between the arms of the head of each clip. By forming theclips 20, 21, 22, 23 of suitable lengths, and making said clips ofspring metal the pad may be suitably adjusted to fit upon pedals ofvarious widths and thicknesses.

In order to render the clamping means described adapted to differentwidths of pad and pedal plate, each of the spring-bight clamps 20, 21,22 and 23 is provided with an eye or lug 25 and each pair of clamps 20,21, 22, 23 with a screw and locknut asclearly shown in Fig. 1.

It Will be observed that in virtue of the spring-tensioned bight-likeclamps 20, 21, 22, 23, the channels 15, 16 and the strips or barsl8, 19embedded in the. surface of the pad 10 contiguous to the plate 11 so asto occupy only a part of the depth of the channels, as shown in Figs. 5and 6, the upper surface of the pad is leftfree from protrusions, and inconsequence deprived of every possibility of hindering instantaneousremoval of the foot from the pedal which in the use of foot-operatedvehicle brakes is a matter of considerable importance.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto, as I am aware that Copies of this patent may be obtained formodifications may be made therein Without departing from the principle,or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore Ireserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly'fall withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secureby Letters Patent g 1. A pedal plate with a pad therefor havingindentations in its to the said plate, bars embedded in the said surfaceso as to occupy only part of the depth of each of the said indentations,clamps for clamping the said pad to the said plateby entering the saidand engaging the said bars.

'2. A pedal plate with a pad therefor having channels in its surfacecontiguous to the said plate, bars embedded in the said surface so as tooccupy only part of the depth of each of the said channels, oppositelydisposed clamps for clamping the said bars to the said plate, and meansfor holding opposite clamps adjustably in relation to each other. v

3. A pedal plate with a pad therefor hav ing channels in its surfacecontiguous to the said plate, surface so as to occupy part of the depthof each of the said'channels, oppositely dis'- posed spring-bightsclamping the said bars to the said plate, and screw means-for holdingopposite bights adjustably in relation to each other. i

This specification signed and witnessed this eleventh HARRY W. GASTON.

\Vitnesses:

RoB'r. B. ABBOTT, WM. Fisk.

five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,- Washington,D. 0.

surface contiguous.

and

bars embedded in the said] indentations p day of September A. D. 1913.

